| Date | Text | |||
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| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 08 Feb 1925 | Alvin Brehm: Composer | |||
| 08 Feb 1925 | Marcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta | |||
| 08 Feb 1925 | Jack Lemmon, American actor, singer, and director (d. 2001) | |||
| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 08 Feb 1950 | England Dan: Singer (England Dan & John Ford Coley) | |||
| 08 Feb 1950 | Jose Armando Lopez-Falcon: Cuba -- Cosmonaut | |||
| 08 Feb 1950 | Michael Goodroe: Rock bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely) | |||
| 08 Feb 1950 | The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established. | |||
| 08 Feb 1950 | Cristina Ferrare, American model and actress | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 08 Feb 1975 | Damon Denson: Guard (New England Patriots) | |||
| 08 Feb 1975 | Joshua Morrow. Juneau Alaska: Actor (Nicholas Newman - Young and the Restless) | |||
| 08 Feb 1975 | Martyn Green: Actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Mikado), dies at 75 | |||
| 08 Feb 1975 | Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders | |||
| 08 Feb 1975 | Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886) | |||
| 08 Feb 1975 | Bob Dylan went to No.1 on the US chart with his 15th studio album Blood On The Tracks, his second US No.1 album. The album has become one of Dylan's all-time best-selling studio releases, with a double-platinum US certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. | |||
| 08 Feb 1975 | Engelbert Humperdinck started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with his 'Greatest Hits Collection.' | |||
| 08 Feb 1975 | The Ohio Players went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Fire', the group's first of two US No.1's. | |||
| 08 Feb 1975 |
death Sir Robert Robinson Died 8 Feb 1975 at age 88 (born 13 Sep 1886). English chemist who received the 1947 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his research on a wide range of organic compounds, notably alkaloids (complex, naturally occurring, nitrogen-containing organic compounds that can have profound effects on living things). In his early research, he studied plant pigments and synthesized anthocyanins and flavones. Later, working with alkaloids, he discovered the structures of morphine (1925) and strychnine (1946). |
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| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 08 Feb 2000 | Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967) | |||
| 08 Feb 2000 | Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1918) | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 08 Feb 2005 | Keith Knudsen, American singer-songwriter and drummer (The Doobie Brothers and Southern Pacific) (b. 1948) | |||
| 08 Feb 2005 | Keith Knudson drummer with The Doobie Brothers died of pneumonia aged 56. Scored the 1979 US No.1 single 'What A Fool Believes' and 1993 UK No.7 single 'Long Train Runnin.' | |||
| 08 Feb 2005 | Pete Doherty was released from jail on bail after four nights when his manager paid the remaining £100,000 ($170,000) bail to Highbury Corner Magistrates Court, London. The ex-Libertines star had been charged with robbery and blackmail after a fracas at a London hotel. His bail arrangements stated he would not be able to leave his house between 2200pm and 0700am every night and must be accompanied by a security guard or his manager if he goes out at any other time. | |||
| 08 Feb 2005 | Kylie Minogue was voted the world's sexiest woman in her 30's by UK magazine Good Housekeeping. Sade was voted No.4 in the over 40's with Madonna coming in at No.7 and Jerry Hall at No.8. And Sharon Osbourne was voted into 3rd place in the over 50's section. | |||
08 Feb 2005
Yale University |
Yale University (other s) Yale University wins more than $1 million in damages and attorney's fees, along with the patent rights relating to electrospray ionization from former professor and Nobel Prize winner John Fenn. |
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| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 08 Feb 2010 | A freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers. | |||
| 08 Feb 2010 | John Murtha, American colonel and politician (b. 1932) | |||
| 10 years anniversary | ||||
| 08 Feb 2015 | Mario Vázquez Raña, Mexican businessman (b. 1932) | |||
| 08 Feb 2015 | Müzeyyen Senar, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1918) | |||
| 08 Feb 2015 | Andrew Rosenfeld, English businessman, co-founded Minerva (b. 1962) | |||
| 08 Feb 2015 | Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist (b. 1939) | |||
| 08 Feb 2015 | British soul singer Sam Smith won four Grammy Awards in the US, including the prestigious prizes for record and song of the year for 'Stay With Me' and best new artist. Album of the year went to Beck for Morning Phase. | |||
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